In the Sims 2 adopted Sims did not show up in the family tree of the founder. We assumed that that was the case in Sims 3 as well. It wasn’t. I only JUST realized this yesterday when I was recording a new episode of Let’s Legacy. I had my founder adopt a Sim and lo and behold, she showed up in his family tree as if she were born into the family. Uh oh. That changes everything! I also did further testing with a dummy family and realized that if that adopted Sim then turns around and adopts another Sim THAT Sim still shows up as being the grandchild of the original adopting parent. So the adopted children can DEFINITELY trace their lineage to the founder.If adopted Sims can show up in the family tree, then they can trace their lineage back to the founder. It’s true they aren’t TECHNICALLY blood related, but they can trace their lineage and that is what is important in the Legacy challenge. So, from here on out, adopted Sims CAN count as heirs and spares. This opens up the option of having a homosexual heir without the use of mods to get them pregnant.Now granted, for those of you that like to have certain genes pass, adoption still isn’t a valid option, but for people that want a homosexual heir, this now becomes a valid way to have them without the use of mods.Again, we are really sorry that this particular rule change came so late. With us being out of the game for so long to have our own kids and then coming back, it just wasn’t something we got around to playtesting until I started my new Legacy family.So… from now on, adopted Sims CAN count as heirs/spares. Once the Sims 4 releases we will take a look at how adopted Sims are treated in regards to how they show up on the family tree and plan accordingly.

Thanks for the link. Interesting points brought up in the video. I have been wondering how the order of secondary traits work. Say you put Neat first would that Sim be different if Neat were in the last slot. And how much control will we have over the randomness of traits/aspirations etc?

I plan to do the same as I am doing in 3 that I want to play the same family down the generations but do not do scoring and cheat as I want.

My goals will be the same which are basically to do everything. Max every career, meet every aspiration, use every trait, collect all there is to collect, marry anyone that can be married and so on. I already started my excel checklist.

The only cheating I really do is the needs dragging and sometimes make everyone happy with the mailbox. I usually have 8 sims in the house, so showering 8 sims everyday for example is not fun, so I cheat a bit for things like that.

What I am doing seems to work for me so I will do the same in 4. Generation 34.

I have the good fortune of getting the Sims 4 one day early and want to share that fortune with all of you! Come visit me on my twitch page (www.twitch.tv/Pinstar) and join in the fun as I continue the Masque family you’ve read so much about. This isn’t my formal play-through of the Legacy Challenge, merely a continuation of what I started at Creator’s Camp. My planned start time is 12PM EST but there are a lot of variables that might delay that. BUT expect to see some streaming goodness from me today one way or another. Keep an eye on my twitter feed (@Pinstar) for more specific information.